I'm posting these because they're REALLY good -- though I have to say that I've seldom read a series of raves that made me less anxious to see a movie. It sounds like it'll be torture. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/annihilation-review-1085770 http://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/annihilat...

As others are saying, this category is one of the most interesting on its own AND as perhaps a major signpost along the way to the best picture win. I should be annoyed that The Big Sick is here instead of Phantom Thread, but the latter got so much more than it could have that it's hard to be bitter...

I waited in vain to find some way to watch this for free, but Oscar completeness finally compelled me to hop out of my neighborhood and spring for it at full price. I think it's possible to agree with most everything people have written here: It's a generally engrossing true crime procedural. The wr...

Since The Breadwinner isn't coming available in DVD till the utterly useless date of March 6th, and since I feel no need to sample Ferdinand till Disney deigns to to send it to my home, I know as much as I'm going to know pre-telecast about this category. I think I may have liked The Boss Baby more ...

The two films that have done the best by far with the tv precursors are The Shape of Water and Three Billboards. It would seem to me that these are the two strongest candidates overall, but there seems to be a narrative out there that the opposite is true — “everyone” hates Three Billboards, and no...

So...how was Infrastructure Week for everybody else? It feels like this week was a major step along the way of getting out of this mess. Mueller's indictments seemed to me elegantly presented: centered all around Russians -- because who in Trump's orbit could dare object to that? -- and offering soo...

For those who've been wondering if Bob Mueller was actually going to come up with anything...I'd say it's on. It was fascinating watching Rosenstein's press conference announcing the indictments. He kept answering all questions -- e.g., "does this mean no Trump people wittingly cooperated?&quot...

The nominees: Timothee Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq. This is most likely an easy one, but let’s go through it anyway. I had to wait to get Roman J. Israel, Esq. under my belt ...

My initial thought was to wait till after BAFTA to post here, because BAFTA could pretty much nail the race shut. But I agree so fully with so much of what dws has written here that I’ve decided to weigh in now, while things still remain up in the air. To begin: a quick salute to Hong Chau and Holly...

Reviews; excellent. Thanks to Wes Anderson, for giving us something to see between the Oscars and Telluride: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/isle-of-dogs-berlin-2018-1085094 http://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/isle-of-dogs-review-1202700010/ https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/isle-of-dogs...

1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2. Phantom Thread 3. The Shape of Water 4. Lady Bird 5. Call Me by Your Name 6. Dunkirk 7. Get Out 8. The Post 9. Darkest Hour Darkest Hour is the only one I flat-out resent being there, though The Post is borderline. The rest all certainly qualify, at le...